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Thousands of gallons of sewage spill into Morro Bay Harbor

Written on 24 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Roughly 7,600 gallons of sewage spilled into Morro Bay Harbor on Sunday requiring San Luis Obispo County public health officials to warn people to avoid contact with water and wet sand in the surrounding area. A broken... (Continue reading)

Hundred gallons of sewage spill in Pismo Beach

Written on 20 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE An overflow of approximately 100 gallons of raw sewage flowing into the ocean near Pismo Beach resulting in a warning to avoid contact with ocean water, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. At... (Continue reading)

More than 1 million gallons of sewage spill in Goleta, closing beach

Written on 26 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 1 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Goleta Slough and Pacific Ocean last week, resulting in the closure of a Santa Barbara County beach. [SF Gate] A storm that flooded parts of the Central... (Continue reading)

Sewage spill in Cambria contaminates Santa Rosa Creek

Written on 11 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announced Friday that an unknown amount of sewage spilled from a lift station in Cambria contaminating Santa Rosa Creek. Shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday, storm water flooded the... (Continue reading)

300,000 gallons of sewage spill into the Salinas River

Written on 12 Jan, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE An estimated  300,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Salinas River in the Templeton area amid the storm on Monday, according to San Luis Obispo Public Health Department. Health officials did not disclose why the Templeton Community... (Continue reading)

Nearly 10,000 gallons of sewage spill into creek in Morro Bay

Written on 11 Jan, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Nearly 10,000 gallons of sewage spilled into a creek in Morro Bay amid the storm on Monday, according to San Luis Obispo Public Health Department. At about 11 a.m., sewage began spilling into Morro Creek at 160... (Continue reading)

Thousands of gallons of sewage spill in San Luis Obispo

Written on 1 Jan, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A blocked sewer line caused approximately 4,250 gallons of raw sewage to pour into San Luis Obispo Creek on New Years Eve, according to the SLO County Public Health Department. The spill started at about 5 p.m.... (Continue reading)

3,000 gallons of sewage spills in Paso Robles

Written on 5 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A private sewer lateral pipeline burst in Paso Robles Monday afternoon, resulting in about 3,000 gallons of sewage spilling onto city streets. Shortly before 2 p.m., the spill was reported at 351 Lark Drive, according to the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Whale washes up, dies near Pismo Beach

Written on 25 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A gray whale calf died Tuesday, hours after washing ashore on Pismo State Beach near the Monarch Butterfly Grove. Passersby noticed the whale around 7 a.m. Officials from state and federal agencies then came out to the scene, as did... (Continue reading)

Thousands of gallons of sewage spill in SLO

Written on 23 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Sewage burst out of San Luis Obispo pipes twice on Sunday, resulting in 42,000 gallons of effluent spilling into storm drains that flow into the San Luis Obispo Creek and the Pacific Ocean, according to the SLO County Public Health... (Continue reading)